2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with
a vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line.
--Brande & C.
3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by
applying the needle to its anterior surface, and
depressing it into the vitreous humor in such a way that
front surface of the cataract becomes the upper one and
its back surface the lower one. --Dunglison.